1. A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF “THE FAST AND FURIOUS” (ACTION FILM) AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOURAL PATTERN OF STUDENTS
Background of Study
It is necessary to understand and respect the power of television and cinema as media for disseminating information in order to completely comprehend the resear...
2. IMPACT OF RATIO ANALYSIS AS A TOOLS FOR INVESTMENT DECISION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Term “Ratio Analysis” could be described as the analysis of financial statement in order to judge the performance of the COMPANY or group of companies.
The “Investment Decision” Means the allocation of funds t...
3. OBESITY AND IT IMPLICATIONS AMONG RURAL ADULT
In affluent societies, obesity is the most common nutritional disorder. Obesity is a condition characterized by an abnormally excessive level of body fat (Edinburgh 1995). It is defined as abnormal adipose tissue growth caused by fat cell enlargement (hypertrophic obesity) or an increase in the n...
4. A SURVEY INTO THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADOPTION OF THE CBN CASHLESS POLICY IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to Ajayi et al. (2006), supporting a secure, convenient, and inexpensive payment system is one of the criteria for the growth of the national economy. Today's world is shifting away from paper payment systems and to...
5. DEVELOPING AQUACULTURE IN DEGRADED INLAND AREAS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Nigeria, the country of many rivers, is also rich in lakes, reservoirs and wetlands but many of them had been degraded due to a lot of factors (FGN, 1993). Sustainable fisheries production and development depends largely upon go...
6. OBESITY AND IT IMPLICATIONS AMONG RURAL ADULT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In affluent societies, obesity is the most common nutritional disorder. Obesity is a condition characterized by an abnormally excessive level of body fat (Edinburgh 1995). It is defined as abnormal adipose tissue growth caused by...
7. CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF WATER POLLUTION IN SOCIETIES
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- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
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Water can be said to be polluted when there is an introduction of a harmful substances in such a way that its natural qualities are so altered as to impure its usefulness or render i...
8. EFFECT OF VITAMINS C AND E ON MEMORY IN ADULT MICE
Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement and is destroyed by heat or reduced by prolonged storage (Weinstein et al., 2001). Humans, unlike most...
9. ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY AMONG RURAL ADULT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In affluent societies, obesity is the most common nutritional disorder. Obesity is a condition characterized by an abnormally excessive level of body fat (Edinburgh 1995). It is defined as abnormal adipose tissue growth caused by...
10. DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM PACKAGING AND STORAGE PROPERTIES OF PACKAGED GARRI
ABSTRACT
This study was on the determination of optimum packaging and storage properties of packaged garri. Samples of white and yellow garri were collected at a week interval. From umunya in oyi local government Area, Anambra state. The purchased garri...
11. EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON FOOD VENDORS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In many developing countries including Nigeria street food vendors have formed an integral part of the food supply chain, particularly following the advent of urbanization [Akintoro O. 2012]. The street food industry has contribu...
12. IMPACT OF BRANDING AND PACKAGING ON SALES TURNOVER OF NESTLE FOOD NIGERIA PLC
INTRODUCTION
One element that has undergone tremendous change in the past decade is branding and packaging according to Rahim, liberalization by allowing for easy imports of printing technology. Made a vast difference to packaging and branding Simpli...
13. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GAS DETECTION SYSTEM
Problem Statement
Gas detectors are an essential application for home and commercial safety; they are also employed in numerous industrial industries. They are used in welding shops to detect combustibles and toxics and in nuclear plants, to detect combustibles. They a...
14. A COMPARATIVE REVIEW ON MICRO-ORGANISM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPOILAGE OF BANANA
Bacteria do not seem important in the initial spoilage of whole fruits like banana instead such spoilage often is initiated by molds. These organisms have enzymes that contribute to the weakening and penetration of the protective outer skin. Many microorganisms have been isolate...
15. AN ASSESSMENT ON THE EFFECT OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC, KADUNA
Background of the Study
Automated Teller Machines, sometimes known as ATMs, are machines that allow clients of banks to do financial transactions. Typically, a user will insert a specific plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip into the ATM. Th...
16. THE AWARENESS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE AMONG MALE ADOLESCENTS
Background of study
"Contraceptives" are defined as "a medication, device, or technique used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant" in the Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictionary of Current English. 1 The use of condoms as a pre...
17. AN EXAMINATION ON THE REDUCTION OF OIL SPILLAGE USING WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE FROM SAW DUST, WHITE SAND AND LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE WASTE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Composite is the mixture of a matrix and a reinforcement, which when combined produces qualities superior to those of the separate components (Adebajo, 2022). (Adebajo, 2022). Wood plastic composite (WPC) is consequently a mixt...
18. THE EFFECT OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN NIGERIN BANKS
Background of the Study
Automated Teller Machines, sometimes known as ATMs, are machines that allow clients of banks to do financial transactions. Typically, a user will insert a specific plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip into the...
19. EVALUATION OF GLYCERINE RECOVERY FROM SPENT SOAP LYE PRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Glycerine (propan 1, 2, 3 triol) is a discovered soluble in soap lye and as a residue in crude soap following the saponification of fats and oils with caustic soda. Traditionally, the process of soap production from fats and oils provides g...
20. EVALUATION OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ZARIA CITY KADUNA STATE
INTRODUCTION
One of man's greatest risks today is the poor sanitary state of his surroundings, which is produced by his everyday activities such as waste creation, population growth, and the resulting rise in agricultural, industrial, and commercial operations.
...21. IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON THE CREATIVITY OF CHILDREN IN IBEJU LEKKI L.G.A ABSTRACT
Background to the Study
The process of education is not related with innate education, but rather is dependent on the learning of a cooperative classroom environment, the use of cooperative learning groups and projects, and the structuring of cooperative instructional a...
22. AN ASSESSMENT INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNTING METHODS AS A TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANIZATION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and managing are just a few of the tasks performed by an organization as part of its management process. According to Brech (2020), the best definition of management for everyday use is as...
23. THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN ACCESS BANK NIGERIA PLC, KADUNA
Background of the Study
Automated Teller Machines (ATM) are devices used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. The strip contains an identifi...
24. ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
ABSTRACT
Solid waste management has become the greatest problem facing many urban and semiurban areas in Nigeria. The management of solid wastes in recent time has become a very big challenge. The problem of waste generation, handling and disposal has reached...
25. ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIALS OF WASTE TO WEALTH
Abstract
Municipal solid wastes re-use and recycling have multiple socioeconomic and environmental benefits that have not been adequately examined in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of this research are to: examine the soci...
26. ACCOUNTING METHODS MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING
ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to examine management of accounting methods as a tool for decision making in an organization adopted by Plastic Footwear Industry Limited, Port Harcourt. In order to actualize these objectives, structural qu...
27. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES: A TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANIZATION
ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to examine management accounting techniques as a tool for decision making in management organization adopted by Plastic Footwear Industry Limited, Port Harcourt. In order to actualize these objectives, structural questionnaires were dr...
28. TRIPLY ENTRY ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL REPORTING
INTRODUCTION
Modern financial accounting is based on a double entry system. Described simply, double entry bookkeeping allows firms to maintain records that reflect what the firm owns and owes and also what the firm has earned and spent over any given p...
29. ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
ABSTRACT
Solid waste management has become the greatest problem facing many urban and semiurban areas in Nigeria. The management of solid wastes in recent time has become a very big challenge. The problem of waste generation, handling and disposal h...
30. ASSESSMENT OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING, REALITY TV SHOWS AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTHS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
A film, also called a movie or motion picture is a series of still or moving images using animation techniques or visual effect. Film also refers to series of images that are projected unto a screen to create the illusion of motion. The origin of...
31. UTILIZATION OF STEEL SLAG FOR STABILIZATION OF A LATERITIC SOIL
ABSTRACT
A lateritic soil classified as sandy clay or (CL) and A-7-6 (5) according to Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) and AASHTO classification system respectively, was treated with up to 10% pulverized steel slag (an industrial waste pr...
32. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED CAR PLATE NUMBER RECOGNITION SYSTEM
Background of the study
Massive integration of information technology into all aspects of modern life caused demand for processing vehicles as conceptual resources in information systems. Because a standalone information system without any data has no sense, there was a...
33. THE IMPORTANCE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
ABSTRACT
Sanitation is an important foundation for health, economic development and well-being hence waste management (Bartram &Cairncross2010; WSP 2010).The perception of household waste as unwanted material with no intrinsic value has dominated attitudes towards it management. Was...
34. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT
ABSTRACT
Our earth suffers a lot from the things that are tossed uselessly; these things might be advantageous to our society. Then again, communities across the country endure a lot of waste particularly plastic waste; this has led...
35. ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF SOME SELECTED AREAS IN MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study assessed the impact of open dumpsites on the quality of groundwater within the vicinity of solid waste dumpsites in Maiduguri. The problem of rapid urbanization and poor waste management has resulted in an increased of hand dug wells with some locate...
36. DESIGN OF WATER SUPPLY (COLD AND HOT) SYSTEM OF A THREE BEDROOM BUNGALOW WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURE
ABSTRACT
This research is focused on the design of water supply (cold and hot) system of a three bedroom bungalow with adequate pressure. Polypropylene (PP) pipes imported from Italy and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes made in Nigeria, the two most common plastic materials used for potab...
37. DEVELOPMENTAND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCOMPOSITES FROM POLYLACTIC ACID AND GROUNDNUT SHELL ASH NANOPARTICLES
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Nanocomposite is a class of composites in which the dimensions of the reinforcing particles are in the order of 1-100 nanometers. Because of this nanometer size characteristic, nanocomposites possess superior properties to the conventional composite...
38. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MINI SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEM: COMPARISON OF THE PLASTIC AND IRON MADE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
This study is a study to evaluate and compare the hydraulic performance of plastic and iron mini sprinkler system using 8mm and 14mm diameter nozzle sizes. The study was carried out at a farm land of the national water resources institute, Mando, Kaduna. In this study, meteorol...
39. PREVALENCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DAKACE DISTRICT, ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Urine and stool samples were collected from 540 students (9-14 years) in at Dakace district in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The samples were examined for urinary and intestinal Schistosomiasis infection. Each student was interviewed and data collectors used a st...
40. PAIN MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS IN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The number of cancer patients in the world is increasing. Of the estimated nine million new cases every year, more than half are in developing countries. The majority of these patients are incurable by the time their diseases are diagnosed. Approximately one third of the people...
41. EVALUATION OF MODIFIED STARCHES AND MUCILAGE DISPERSIONS OBTAINED FROM IPOMOEA BATATAS L. LAM (CONVOLVULACEAE) AS BULK EXCIPIENTS IN CHEWABLE TABLET FORMULATIONS
ABSTRACT
Increasing attention has been paid to incorporating hydrocolloids into starch-based products due to their unique functional properties and bio-safety. The aim of this work was to determine the suitability of modified starch and mucilage dispersions obtained from Ipomoea batatas...
42. EVALUATION OF TABLETING AND COMPRESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIVE AND MICROCRYSTALLINE STARCHES DERIVED FROM DIGITARIA IBURUA
ABSTRACT
Acid hydrolyzed starch produces microcrystalline starch (MCS) with improved functional properties in terms of flowability or compressibility. The aim of this study was to investigate the binder, disintegrant and compressional properties of native and modified starches derived f...
43. EVALUATION OF TABLETING PROPERTIES OF NATIVE AND MODIFIED STARCHES, DERIVED FROM SOLENOSTEMON ROTUNDIFOLIUS, AS TABLET BINDER AND DISINTEGRANT
ABSTRACT
The aim of this research was to study the tableting properties of Solenostemon rotundifolius starch (SRS) and modified forms for use as pharmaceutical excipient by wet granulation method of tablet production in paracetamol formulation. The physicochemical properties of native a...
44. PRODUCTS MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS: A STUDY OF PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND WILLINGNESS TO BUY IN YOLA-JIMETA, NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Products that are made from recycled materials or are sustainably produced are becoming more common and popular globally as people become more environmentally aware. However, these products are often expensive or not widely available. In developing countries, additional obstacl...
45. EVALUATION OF TABLETING PROPERTIES OF CRUDE TURMERIC (CURCUMA LONGA LINN) POWDER
ABSTRACT
The aim of this work is to formulate crude turmeric powder into tablet form. The powder was produced from the turmeric rhizome. Physicochemical properties of the powder; angle of repose (AR), bulk density (BD), tapped density (TD), Hausner‟s ratio (HR), Carr‟s index (CI), true...
46. EVALUATION OF THE BINDING AND SUSPENDING PROPERTIES OF BAGGASE-DERIVED METHYLCELLULOSE
ABSTRACT
Sourcing of raw materials for use in pharmaceutical industries is a continuing challenge. Excipients, which form the bulk of a dosage form, are derived either from natural sources or synthesized wholly or semi-synthesized. The absence of an ideal excipient material continues to...
47. DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A CO-PROCESSED EXCIPIENT FROM ACID HYDROLYZED CASSAVA STARCH, GELATIN AND LACTOSE (STARGELAC) IN TABLET FORMULATIONS
ABSTRACT
Co-processed excipients are a mixture of two or more existing excipients at subparticle level. These multipurpose excipients have significantly reduced the number of incorporating excipients in the tablet. The aim of this work is to design and prepare a coprocessed excipient fr...
48. DEVELOPMENT OF A FILLER-BINDER DISINTEGRANT FOR DIRECT COMPRESSION TABLETING BY CO-PROCESSING MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE AND CROSPOVIDONE
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to improve the disintegration functionality of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) as a direct compression excipient in tablet formulation by coprocessing MCCwith crospovidone (CPV), a superdisintegrant. Design of Experiment (DoE) approach was adopted to o...
49. EFFECTS OF CHLORPHENIRAMINE ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS OF ASCORBIC ACID IN HEALTHY MALE VOLUNTEERS
ABSTRACT
Ascorbic acid is a vitamin commonly used in the treatment of common cold and scurvy. It interacts with some drugs during absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, in the systemic circulation or during metabolism in the liver. However, interaction between ascorbic acid and chl...
50. PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSED BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS IN NIGERIA: THE CASE OF YOLA-JIMETA, ADAMAWA STATE
ABSTRACT
Plastic litter negatively affects the environment and human health. Therefore, some countries and states have banned or taxed plastic bag use. For example, Rwanda, Mexico City, and China have introduced bans on plastic bags, as have Kenya and Rwanda in Africa. In this study, I...
